Oprah Winfrey reads Gayle King's grandson Luca in a moving video shared on the icon's 70th birthday… after she demanded 'no gifts, no parties, no surprises'
Gayle King is celebrating her longtime friend Oprah Winfrey on her 70th birthday with a wholesome tribute involving Gayle's grandson Luca.
King, 69, who first met Winfrey when they both worked at a Baltimore TV station in the late 1970s, shared a video of the Queen of All Media reading to Luca.
Oprah was reading the children's book Little Blue Truck's Christmas, which King said in the caption was created during their Christmas vacation.
'Happy to say @oprah is still a very good reader at 70! Although favorite grandson Luca is still too young to understand how special this moment was during the Christmas holidays, it is not lost on me,” King began.
She added: 'When asked how she wanted to spend her birthday, she said: 'No gifts, no parties, no surprises!'
Gayle King celebrates her longtime friend Oprah Winfrey on her 70th birthday with a wholesome tribute involving Gayle's grandson Luca
King, 69, who first met Winfrey when they both worked at a TV station in Baltimore in the late 1970s, shared a video of the Queen of All Media reading to Luca
'Her preference was to sit by the fire with a good book and enjoy the scent of her life! Happy Birthday Oprah!!” King concluded.
The adorable video showed Oprah reading the story to Luca, the two-year-old son of King's daughter Kirby Bumpus.
Oprah also helped young Luca pronounce several words, adding at the end of the book, “Aunt O really enjoyed reading the book to you… and now Aunt O is going to take some quiet time ', as King hears laughing behind him. the camera.
King's show CBS This Morning also took to X to share a video from Monday's broadcast, in which the host wished her a happy birthday.
'Happy 70th birthday Oprah! Gayle King sends a birthday wish to her best friend – and shares some words Oprah herself wrote to mark the occasion,” the post read.
The video showed King reading from an essay Oprah wrote about her 70th birthday on her website.
“None of us were ever promised a day. So reaching this important milestone feels like grace in action,” Oprah wrote.
'When I turned fifty, I wrote that you decide to mark every birthday as the end of your most beautiful days or the beginning of your most beautiful hour. This still applies to me,” Oprah continued in the essay.
'Her preference was to sit by the fire with a good book and enjoy the scent of her life! Happy Birthday Oprah!!” King concluded
The adorable video showed Oprah reading the story to Luca, the two-year-old son of King's daughter Kirby Bumpus.
Oprah also helped young Luca pronounce several words, adding at the end of the book, “Aunt O really enjoyed reading the book to you… and now Aunt O is going to take some quiet time ', as King hears laughing behind him. the camera
King added during the show that “this weekend she was just sitting by the fire feeding pine cones.”
King told her she thinks turning 70 is “worth celebrating,” but Oprah said, “Just because you want to celebrate my 70th birthday doesn't mean I have to.”
King also joked that if you see Oprah today, “give her a hug because she loves hugs from strangers.”
Oprah also received tributes from Viola Davis, Tyler Perry, Maria Shriver and many more.